Chinese Acupuncture and Clinical Therapeutics

Author: Zang Yuwen
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Publishing Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Acupuncture and moxibustion are important components of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and have been effective methods for treating diseases since the pre-Qin period. Through clinical practice and theoretical exploration by generations of medical practitioners, acupuncture and moxibustion had developed into a relatively systematic discipline by the time the Huangdi Neijing (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon) was compiled. By the Jin Dynasty, with the publication of Zhenjiu Jiaoyi Jing (Jia and Yi Acupuncture and Moxibustion Classic) by Huangfu Mi as a milestone, acupuncture and moxibustion had evolved from theory to practice into a well-established discipline. In the Ming Dynasty, Yang Jizhou, building upon his family's Wenshan Acupuncture and Moxibustion Xuanji Miyao, extensively collected the experiences and theories of medical practitioners before the Ming Dynasty and combined them with his own practical insights to compile Da Cheng of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, marking the beginning of the maturation of acupuncture and moxibustion as a discipline. By the mid-20th century, acupuncture and moxibustion had rapidly spread worldwide, laying a solid scientific foundation.
Since the State Administration of Technology Supervision issued the National Standard of the People's Republic of China on Acupuncture Point Locations (GB12346-90) on June 7, 1990, effective from January 1, 1991, and the National Standard of the People's Republic of China on Auricular Point Localization (GB/T13734-92) on May 1, 1993, no systematic and comprehensive practical acupuncture and moxibustion textbook has been published to implement these standards. The primary purpose of establishing national standards is to regulate the localization of acupuncture points in acupuncture education, research, medical practice, and publishing activities, thereby facilitating the exchange and development of acupuncture and moxibustion studies both domestically and internationally. However, due to the lack of published works on clinical acupuncture and moxibustion that adhere to these national standards, their implementation has been significantly hindered. One of the objectives of compiling this Clinical Acupuncture and Moxibustion of China is to address this gap.
The guiding principle for writing this book is to adhere to the GB12346-90 and GB/T13734-92 national standards while focusing on clinical practice, the future, and the historical characteristics of acupuncture and moxibustion. This means introducing modern practical knowledge of acupuncture and moxibustion while selecting relevant classical texts to demonstrate the inevitable trend that "traditional acupuncture research must be combined with modern science, and clinical acupuncture research must be combined with experimental research." By doing so, readers can not only learn and master practical modern acupuncture knowledge but also gain an understanding of the historical inevitability of acupuncture and moxibustion's development. The goal is to foster mutual progress and improvement through this inevitable process.